Sounding toy



Patented Jan, 2,

PETER H. T lljl/VEIJL, LEONIA; NEW JERSEYQASSIGNQR TO THE IDIL EIIEONDSOUNZJING' TQY.

Application filed January 29,1921. Seriali loi 4440,856

adjacentthereto, the ion b such that when the dev is overrated larly toa rattle t ebi s arounc nest and a or 'ng-noise is produced as a behcrcinatter describedythe scope oi the invention being--defined in theaoi icndeil claims.

in the drawings l igurc -l. is a perspi-ic Ull'lll-OdYlIlg' the princiiil y' invention.

Fig.2 is a sectional'c'leon of the upper portion of the handle and itsassrwiuteil parts.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drai'vings, l designates a suitable handle having; atits upper end a centrally projecting pin 11 to which is fixedly securedin spaced relation to the top ot the handle a sound member 12 which ispreterably of wood cup-shaped in simulation of a birds nest. The underor flat surface of the member 12 has formed on or adixed to it a centralcollar 13 constituting a hub. Rotatably and slidably mounted on the pin,in the space between the hub and the upper end of the handle, is asecond member constituted by disk 14 of hard wood which provided at oradjacent its peripl'iery with one or more upwardly projecting; inclinedtongues 15. the upper or free ends of which are held in frictionalcontact with the under surface of the .eniber 12. Preferably thefrictional pressure is effected and maintained by means of a spring 16which encircles the pin in the space between the disk and the handle abearingwasher l? tor the spring being interposed betwe n the upper endof the spring and the d' Fixed to the disl is one end of a relativelylong ;radiallyextending rod 18 to the outer end of which i.;' securei'la body l9 in simulation of a flyinqfbird, nieferably of an imaginary orgrotesque el'iaraoter.

l'n the presentinstance the tongues comprise thin blades of hard wood,the loweror basal portions of" which are his tenedin inclined kerfsQOinthe periphery of the disk so that the' projecting upper poi tions ct thetongues will be vibrant." Preferably two tongues diainetrica-lb-opposite to each other on the disk and correspond insly-inclined areemployed.

By aspiii.g the handle'and rotating'the' dc ice similarly to a rattle;the bird is caused to whirl around the nest and the disk to be rapidlyrotated therewith." At the same time the free resilient end of thetongue which is inclined in opposition to t e path otrotation oftliedislnexerts consulerable frictional pressure against the op posing);under surface (it 'thetlis'l:"a11d in co sequence a sharp creaking;sound}, closely approximating that oi? a crying hir(l,is produced.

Bythe use of two (or more) correspondingly-inclincd vibranttongues"arrangedin spaced relation to each other. the disk and nest arenot only peripherally supporte-i'l in uniform axial position on thepivot pin, but the crying sound is emitted irrespective of the directionof rotation of the device.

It is to be understood that the configuration or design of the toy, aswell as the details of construction thereof herein shown and describedcan be modified within the principle or my invention and the scope ofthe appended. claims.

I claim- 1. A toy comprising a handle, a sound member thereon, a secondmember rotatably mounted in spaced relation to said sound member, avibrant sound-producing tongue fixed to one of said members andextending therefrom toward and against the opposing surlace oithe othermember, said surface beingflat and at right angles to the axis ofrotation of the member bearing; the. soundproducing tongue, a rodextendingoutward from the second member a lEOClf-f carried by the outerportion of said rod so as to have capacity for whirling motion about thesound member, and resilient means arranged to p ess one member towardthe other and thus maintain the tongue in frictional contact with theopposing surface.

2. A toy comprising a handle, a sound member fixed at one end of saidhandle, a second member slidably and rotatably mounted in spacedrelation to said sound member, a vibrant s0und-producing tongue fixed tosaid second member and extending therefrom against the opposing surfaceof the sound member, sald surface being flat and at right angles to theaxis of rotation of the member bearing the sound-producing tongue, a rodextending outward from said second member, a body carried by the outertherefrom toward and against the flat an nular surface of thesaidmember, a rod extending outward from said disk, a body in simulation ofa flying bird carried by the said rod in spaced relation to the nest,and a spring interposed between the body of the handle and the disk soas to press the disk toward the sound member and thus maintain thetongue in frictional contact with the sound member.

LLA toy comprising a handle having a projectingpin at one endthereof,--a sound member, in simulation of a birds nest, fixed to saidpin, a second member slidably and rotatably mounted on said pin inspacedrelation to the bottom of said sound member, an angularlyt-disposedvibrant tongue fixed to one of said members, and bearing against theopposing surface of the other member, arod extending outward from thesecond member, a body in simulation of a flying bird carried by saidrod, and a spring arranged to press the said second member toward thesound member and thus maintain the tonguein frictional contact with theopposing surface I 5. A toy comprising'a handle having a projecting pinat one'end thereof, a sound 'member, in simulation of abirds nest, fixedto said pin, a disk slidably and rotatably mounted on said pin and inspaced relation to said sound member, a series of angularlydisposedvibrant tongues to said member'in spaced relationto each other and infrictional contact with the opposingsurface of the sound member, a rodextending outward from the disk, a body in simulation of a flying birdcarried by saidrod, and a spring interposed between. the body of thehandle and the disk soas to press the disk toward the sound member andthusfmaintain the tongues in frictional ontact with the sound member. s

Signed at New York, in the county and State of New York, this 21stdayvof January, A. D. 1921.

PETER SH. NEWELL.

